Álvaro Gómez was moved in Juego Textual when he remembered his grandfather, who decided to take his own life at a very “old age”.
During his participation in the program conducted by Sergio Lagosthe actor was surprised by a photograph in which he appeared with his grandfather.
It happened in the section “The photo of your life”where the interpreter explained that being the son of separated parents, he maintained a special bond with his relative.
Along with explaining that he was a rather quiet man, probably due to his experience in the dictatorship and his arrest in 1973, Gómez stressed that he was a caring man.
“He left in a very abrupt way, he made the decision to kill himself at a very old age. It is something super powerful because it is very difficult to assimilate something like that, “he began by pointing out.
“He was an old-fashioned man but kind on all sides and very respectable,” added the Osorno-born actor.
Visibly moved, the interpreter explained the reasons that would have led his grandfather to make the drastic decision.
“When this happened to me I had a hard time assimilating it but later I understood that he felt alone, that he hadn’t had his partner for a long time, that the auto shop where he worked no longer gave him the lucas to continue living, then as a breadwinner, in a very macho idiosyncrasy , somehow he felt that it was no longer worth living,” he mentioned.
“I felt that I had been wasting my time here and that I should have dedicated it to him. He sustained me in many areas of life so I would have liked to give him a little more of my work and have had more adult conversations with him, ”she reflected.
called the authorities
Finally, Gómez called on the authorities and those who have the power to influence to take measures in relation to mental health.
“They have to take charge of people’s mental health. It is a very important edge because people are used to the aging of the body, but what about the head? If the head makes one sick eventually.” pointed out.
“This is not only for the old but it has to do with a kind of containment for all the people who need it. A psychologist or psychiatrist should be a daily bread, we should all have the right to have a consultation with a psychologist or psychiatrist at least once a month ”, she asserted.